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March l, 1932. HA Q KQCH APPARATUS FOR KAKING PREPARED ROOFING 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 5l, 1926 March 1, 1932. H. C. KocH 1,847,767

APPARATUS Fon MAKING PREPAREDv RooFiNG Filed Dec. 3lD 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

Patentedl l, 1932 UNITED STATES.

PME-1v1* oFrlcE `1 i mmm? c. xocn, or cmcaco, ILLINOIS Arrmrus ron. .larme PREPARED aoornro' Application llled December 81, 1928. Serial No. 158,354.

This invention relates in general to an apparatus for making prepared roofing, and particularly to an apparatus for formin shingles from stri s o prepared roofing, such 5 as treated felt an the like.

The primary ob'ect of the invention is to.

provide a new an novel apparatus for cuttlng shmgles from a continuous stri of prepared rootin such as treated felt an the like..

Another o 'ect is to provide an apparatus of improved esi for cutting a continuous strip into a plura ity of strips, in accordance with a predetermined design, which will cut the plurality of strips to vprovide individual shingles of the exact .same.size, and which- -will discharge the severed shingles along di- .ve'gent paths and stack them in separate p1 es. Y Another object is to provide an apparatus go which will sever a relativel wide strip of' asphalt roofing material to orma plurality,

of strips, which will cut each of t c strips along a vari-directional line to provide com.

plementary strips, which will cut the c0111- plcmentary strips transversely along the staggered lines of severance to provide shingles of the same contour and size, and which will discharge the cut shingles into a plurality.

of separate stacks.

A further object is to provide an apparatus for making asphalt shingles, which has a cutter head engaging a reactive platen or roller, the roller being of a different diameter than the cutter head, so that the knives or blades of the cutter head will engage "a different surface onthe roller on each revolution of the cutter head to prevent the knives from coming in contact with the roller at the same p ace.

Numerous. other objects and advantages will be apparent throughout the progress-of the following specification.

Theinvention comprises in general a nia'- chine having a bed over which acontinuousroll of asphalt roong material is fed linder tension.l The; .strip-orf material iscut byva splitting knife, which is operated through a cham of gears.. lForming rollers or cutter heads are arranged above the bed of the machine, and they are provided with a plurality of knives for cutting the split material along vari-directional lines to provide individual complementary strips. A reactive platen or rolleris arranged below the cutter heads and is of a different diameter than the cutter head. The roller rotates with the cutter heads but ina reverse direction, the

strips of material being fed between the cutter heads and the roller to assist in feeding the strips. As the roller is of a different diameter than the cutte heads, the blades areads will notcontactranged in the cutter with. theroller at the exact same position on the roller during successive revolution of the cutter heads. The complementary strlps are then fed to an end 'cutter which cuts the strips transversely into separate shingles, the A Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line y 3-3 of Fig. 2 showing the manner in -which the blades arearranged in the cutter head and the manner in which a cutter head meshes with a lower reactive platen or roller.

Fig. 4 isa plan view of a strip of roofing material showing the' manner in which itis vcut to lprovide-separate shingles.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view showlng the' manner in which the shingles are Stacked.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view ofa cut strip of material showing. the several shingles "starting on their delivery-paths.

The apparatus, as shown in the accompanying drawings, comprises a 'suitable supporting frame 2 having a bracket 4 attached thereto, which carries a rolll of asphalt roofing material or treated felt 6. yThis material is preferably in the form of a continuous strip, and is fed through a plurality of opposed feed rolls 8,which are mounted on top of the/sup#V porting frame 2. These feed rolls are driven by means of a chain of intermeshing ears 10 which are located at the side of the rame 2, and are operated from a source of a belt drivv en power 12.

relation with the chain of gears 10 for rotate ing the shaft. A set screw 26 threadedly engages a collar27 which is connected to each cutter head 20 and 22 to prevent sliding movement of the cutter heads on the' shaft 24 during the cutting operation.

A plurality V,of blades or knives 30 are adjustably and detachably fastened to the heads e 20 and 22 to sever each-of the strips 31 and 32 along the vari-directional lines 33 to divide these strips 31 and 32 into complementary strips 34 and 35 respectively. The blades are arranged in the heads to design cut the strips in any desired formation. In the present embodiment, the edges of the strips are rovided with approximately zig-zag cuts su stantially in the form of truncated angles. The cutter heads are arranged to cut each strip 31 and 32 simultaneously and form the edges of the strips 34 and 35 with the illustrated design 36. This design is a substantially zig-zag line with the points cut ofi' and the valleys partly filled up, the projections and depressions alternating, the 4projections of one strip filling the valleys or depressions of the other complementary strip. The particular design of the edges 36 may-be 'curved or of any other design desired. While the term zig-nag is used throughout the specication, itis to be understood that 'this term includes any equivalent design.

A reactive platen orroller62 isrevolvably mounted on the frame 2 and. is located below the cutter heads 20 and 22 and has contacting relation therewith. The strip of treated felt or'roong material passes between the cutter heads and the roller 62 and assists in feeding the strip along. The roller forms a surface for the cutting blades as they rotate and cut the traveling strip'of felt. The' cutof the end cutter blades.

ter head 22 is geared to the roller 62 to rotate the same, and as gears on the rollers are notv in proportion with the rollers themselves, one roller will rotate at a slightly different speed than the other and consequently a fresh surface is constantly Lpresented to the cutting blades during successive roation of the cutter heads. In other words, the pitch line 64 of the intermeshing gears 66 and 68 of the drum and roll are so arranged either above or below the circumferential line 60 so that the cutters will travel at a greater speed than the other roll to form a shearing cut. If the gears on the rollers were in proportion to the size of the rollers themselves then, of course, the rollers would travel at the same linear speed. However, in the present embodiment it is preferred that the gears on the drum and roll are not inproportion to the size of the drum and roll themselves. Therefore,one of these twov members will rotate at a. slightly different speed'than the other. The particular construction of the cutter heads and the manner in which the knives are adjustably and detachably fastened to the cutter heads is disclosed and claimed in a co-pending divisiongl application, Serial No. 259,7 7 O, filed March lAfter the two strips 34 and the two strips 35 have passed the cutter heads 20 and 22 in their passage through the machine, they are cut into a succession of separate shingles 63 by means of end cutters. These end cutters are mounted on a cross-shaft 70 and driven from the gears 72. The cutters com- .prise four blades arranged across the Width of the machine, one for each of the strips. These blades are mounted onrotary arms 74 and are staggered across th-e machine so as to operate in succession on the adjacent strips. This staggered` arrangement of the endcutter blades cuts each compl-emental strip transversely along the lines 7 5 at the point where th interlocking or complemental projections and cut-outs are arranged in staggered relation longitudinally of the felt strip.

A plurality of belt conveyers 76, 78, -80 and 82 are mounted on a crossrshaft 84 and driven by suitable gears from a source of power at a speed greater than the speed of the felt strip, so that the shingles when they are cut from the strips are accelerated. A presser roll 86 is arranged over each of the conveyer belts and mounted on a bracketl 90,

so that` the weight of the presser roll bears directly on the traveling conveyer belt and impinges the strip therebetween to provide tension on the strip as it is being cut by one A reactive roll 87 is provided for each pressure roll and is disposed beneathieach belt, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The distance between the presser rolls and the end cutters is such that when the free ends of the felt strips feed forward and engage the conveyer belt,` they will be carried along thereby until they pass under the presser roll 86, where they will be gripped. Since the speed of the conveyer belt is faster than the strip feed, the stripswill be pulled taut or tensioned to remove' all wrinkles and buckles therefrom. At this time the end cutter operates to sever the exact length of the stiip to form a shingle. Each end cutter' operates in the same manner', so that a succession of shingles is formed from each of the four strips and all the shingles are identical. The position ofthe presser rollsmay i be adjusted toward and away from the cutter,

if desired.

The conveyer belts are arranged to complete the severance of any incoinpletely cut strips. The successive belts are arranged in divergent paths,-Fig. 2, whereby the adjacent strips are shifted laterally and separated. These vbelts are arranged so that they diverge intodifl'erent planes disposed horizontally of the machine, and permit the successive shingles of adjacent strips to be facilely stacked with their ends coterminous.

Due to the locking of thel alternate projections and depressions which extend longitudinally of the strip, the separate shingles may be moved along paths of equal length to ystacking stations, if alternate strips are moved along lowered and raised paths, as shown in Fig. 6. In carrying out this arrangement,`the irs't and third belts are inclined downwardly, leaving the second and fourth belts inthe horizontal .plane of the j machine. The free ends ofthe downwardly inclined belts hav'etheir ends disposed adjal cent the lower stacking rack,- and the outer ends of the upper belts have their free ends adjacent the upper stacking racks. In this manner the successive shingles 4of adjacent l strips can be carried to the stacks and piled,

.'Ihe shingles are then stackedinto neat piles,

.speed and formed intoa plurality of stri s of identical design by means of a'si'ngle s itter and a pair of design cutters. As the felt strip continues to travel, each of the strips is cut transversely` into identical shingles of equal, exact length, whichfare quickly removed from the machine by means of an accelerated feed'.

each having their ends coterminous. The apparatus is compact and durable and accompli'shes the maximum number of operations with the minimum amount of machinery. The cutter heads. are slidably mounted on a A ,strips into a plurality o 'ter for -a plurality of strips, 'adJsta lez-cutter' eads.-

shaft, so that four strips lof any desired but preferably equal size may be cutl from a 'relatively wide roll of treated material, regardless of its width. The arraii ement of the dischar e belts provides comp ete severance of the s ingles and permitst em to be stacked inacompact for Changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing .from the spirit of the invention or sacriicin any of the advantages thereof, and the right is hereby reserved to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope'of the following claims.

I claim: v

. 1. The combination with an apparatus for forming shingles from a strip of roofing ma-f terial comprising means for slitting the strip longitudinally to form smaller strips, and means for cutting they smaller strips longitudinally along vari-directional hnes in accordance with a predetermined design and forming. other strips havin complementary projections and recesses,`o means for cutting each of said last named strips singlyand transversely into shingles of a predetermined size. t

2. In an apparatus for forming shingles,

the combination of means for feeding a strip of treated felt or the like, cutting means ada ted to cut said strip longitudinally into sma ler strips, means for cutting the smaller f cut to a predetermine design end cutters said str1 s adaptedto cut ofi7 predetermined len hs fiom each of said last named strips to orm shingles, and means for tensioning each of said strips prior to the end cuttin operation to insure the accurate cutting o length from each of the last named strips. 3. In an apparatus for formin shingles, the combination of means for fee rotatable feed vdrum provided with a continuous series of demountable, radially adjustable cutting blades` for forming a continuous line of cut in the strip as the drum rotates,

Strips with edges v a'- strip 'of roofing material, said.' means inc udin a a reactive feed roll for said cutter drum and j i between which and the cutter drum the stri is fed, and toothed gearing between sai drum and'thereactive feed roll, the gearing between the drum and roll bein of slightly different proportion assregards t le-drum and lit roll themselves to force one of said members.l

to travel at a 'slightly different speed than the other.

4. An apparatus; for forming shingles from a strip ofprepared roofing comprisin a slitnviding the strip ion 'meins for longitudinally cuttin said plurality of strips into a luralityso predetermine variable width,end cutters for cutting ashingle from each of: said strips' at different times and at regular sequence, and

into

other strips of fa means for accelerating the cut shingles from the end cutters of sald apparatus along diverging paths.

5. An apparatus for making shingles from a strip of prepared roofing comprising a slitter for cutting said strip longitudinally ijnto a pluralityof narrower strips, a rotary cutter member for continuously cutting said narrower strips longitudinally along vari-directional lines to provide other strips having complementary ilanges and recesses and a. 1'0- tary end cutter' for cutting each o said last named strips transversely at dil'erent'times y but in regular sequence.

In .witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

HENRY C. KOCH.I 

